Satanic clubs, whose members do not worship the devil, usually formed in response to presence of religious groups in schools

Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced.

The After School Satan Club (ASSC) wants to establish a branch in Chimneyrock elementary school in the Memphis-Shelby county schools (MSCS) district.

The ASSC is a federally recognized nonprofit organization and national after-school program with local chapters across the US. The club is associated with the Satanic Temple, though it claims it is secular and “promotes self-directed education by supporting the intellectual and creative interests of students”.

The Satanic Temple makes it clear its members do not actually worship the devil or believe in the existence of Satan or the supernatural. Instead Satan is used as a symbol of free will, humanism and anti-authoritarianism.

  • cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
    111·
    1 year ago

    Well you can’t believe Satan is real without believing God is real, and that number is too high too.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
      22·
      1 year ago

      Observe:

      I just did it.

      All I did was was choose to believe a different version of the fairy tale.

      For what’s it worth, it was a take on the “The Throne Is Empty” mythos, fucking Metatron, always lyin’